Thursday, February 2
Aria di Commedia: An Evening of Commedia dell'Arte and Italian Renaissance Music
Pazzi Lazzi: Chiara Durrazzini, Alessandro di Gioia, Liz Adams, Marco Zanelli, actors; with Karen Burciaga, Renaissance violin and Daniel Meyers, recorders & percussion
What do you get when you put together a hungry servant, a know-it-all Latin speaking doctor and a string of sausages? You get Pazzi Lazzi! You’ll giggle at Dottore's “little problem” and the beautiful Flaminia's long list of useless suitors. Enjoy classic Commedia dell’Arte tricks and double entendres with a few modern twists. We recreate a day in an Italian Piazza where a small troupe of Commedia performers would entertain the passers-by with comic scenes and period music. During the three independent original scenes inspired by classic Commedia scenarios, the actors interpret famous stock characters such as Arlecchino, Pantalone, Pulcinella and Colombina with all their comedic troubles resulting from typical human weaknesses like envy, lust and greed. In English (with a little Italian). Accompanied by 16th-century Italian music on period instruments.
7pm - Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH
FREE and open to the public
Information
Pazzi Lazzi: Chiara Durrazzini, Alessandro di Gioia, Liz Adams, Marco Zanelli, actors; with Karen Burciaga, Renaissance violin and Daniel Meyers, recorders & percussion
What do you get when you put together a hungry servant, a know-it-all Latin speaking doctor and a string of sausages? You get Pazzi Lazzi! You’ll giggle at Dottore's “little problem” and the beautiful Flaminia's long list of useless suitors. Enjoy classic Commedia dell’Arte tricks and double entendres with a few modern twists. We recreate a day in an Italian Piazza where a small troupe of Commedia performers would entertain the passers-by with comic scenes and period music. During the three independent original scenes inspired by classic Commedia scenarios, the actors interpret famous stock characters such as Arlecchino, Pantalone, Pulcinella and Colombina with all their comedic troubles resulting from typical human weaknesses like envy, lust and greed. In English (with a little Italian). Accompanied by 16th-century Italian music on period instruments.
7pm - Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH
FREE and open to the public
Information
Friday, February 3
Pater, Peccavi: Saints and Sinners in the Low Countries
Ensemble Origo (Eric Rice, Director)
Renaissance sacred music often evokes feelings of piety and saintliness, but many of its composers also crafted songs with texts that are anything but pious. Taking advantage of the new medium of music printing and new humanistic approaches to the chanson, in the 16th century composers from the Low Countries brought their distinctive compositional approach — in which all voice parts move continuously, contain few rests, and are linked by imitation — to bear on such sinful topics as overindulgence in drink and illicit sex. Ensemble Origo performs a selection of these chansons by Clemens, Crecquillon, Gombert, Lupi, Rore, and Willaert alongside motets in honor of All Saints, Saint Cecilia, and the Virgin Mary. Poignant works expressing regret or asking for forgiveness are also on the program, which concludes with the stunning eight-voice setting of Pater, peccavi, attributed to Clemens non papa and Thomas Crecquillon. Pre-concert talk at 7:30pm.
4pm - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston MA
$20 general/$10 students/low income
http://www.ensembleorigo.org/
Ensemble Origo (Eric Rice, Director)
Renaissance sacred music often evokes feelings of piety and saintliness, but many of its composers also crafted songs with texts that are anything but pious. Taking advantage of the new medium of music printing and new humanistic approaches to the chanson, in the 16th century composers from the Low Countries brought their distinctive compositional approach — in which all voice parts move continuously, contain few rests, and are linked by imitation — to bear on such sinful topics as overindulgence in drink and illicit sex. Ensemble Origo performs a selection of these chansons by Clemens, Crecquillon, Gombert, Lupi, Rore, and Willaert alongside motets in honor of All Saints, Saint Cecilia, and the Virgin Mary. Poignant works expressing regret or asking for forgiveness are also on the program, which concludes with the stunning eight-voice setting of Pater, peccavi, attributed to Clemens non papa and Thomas Crecquillon. Pre-concert talk at 7:30pm.
4pm - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston MA
$20 general/$10 students/low income
http://www.ensembleorigo.org/
Saturday, February 4
Middle Street Organ Crawl
Louis Stella, Robert Wech, Mark Nelson and Kathleen Adams
Come along on an "Organ Crawl" to see and hear four Cape Ann pipe organs, demonstrated by their resident organists. Setting off from the Museum at 1:00 p.m., this tour will progress to three organs on historic Middle Street: Trinity Congregational Church with organist Louis Stella; the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House with organist Robert Wech; and St. John's Episcopal Church with organist Mark Nelson. The tour concludes at 3:00 p.m. at the Annisquam Village Church with a final performance by Kathleen Adams on a Jeremy Adams Organ. All “organ crawlers” are invited to enjoy a high tea to warm up after this wonderful afternoon of musical exploration.
1pm - Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street
$20-30
http://www.capeannmuseum.org/events/middle-street-organ-crawl-2017/
Louis Stella, Robert Wech, Mark Nelson and Kathleen Adams
Come along on an "Organ Crawl" to see and hear four Cape Ann pipe organs, demonstrated by their resident organists. Setting off from the Museum at 1:00 p.m., this tour will progress to three organs on historic Middle Street: Trinity Congregational Church with organist Louis Stella; the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House with organist Robert Wech; and St. John's Episcopal Church with organist Mark Nelson. The tour concludes at 3:00 p.m. at the Annisquam Village Church with a final performance by Kathleen Adams on a Jeremy Adams Organ. All “organ crawlers” are invited to enjoy a high tea to warm up after this wonderful afternoon of musical exploration.
1pm - Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street
$20-30
http://www.capeannmuseum.org/events/middle-street-organ-crawl-2017/
Pater, Peccavi: Saints and Sinners in the Low Countries
Ensemble Origo (Eric Rice, Director)
Renaissance sacred music often evokes feelings of piety and saintliness, but many of its composers also crafted songs with texts that are anything but pious. Taking advantage of the new medium of music printing and new humanistic approaches to the chanson, in the 16th century composers from the Low Countries brought their distinctive compositional approach — in which all voice parts move continuously, contain few rests, and are linked by imitation — to bear on such sinful topics as overindulgence in drink and illicit sex. Ensemble Origo performs a selection of these chansons by Clemens, Crecquillon, Gombert, Lupi, Rore, and Willaert alongside motets in honor of All Saints, Saint Cecilia, and the Virgin Mary. Poignant works expressing regret or asking for forgiveness are also on the program, which concludes with the stunning eight-voice setting of Pater, peccavi, attributed to Clemens non papa and Thomas Crecquillon. Pre-concert talk at 7:30pm.
4pm - Trinity College Chapel, Hartford, CT
$20 general/$10 students/low income. FREE for Trinity and UConn students with ID.
http://www.ensembleorigo.org/
Ensemble Origo (Eric Rice, Director)
Renaissance sacred music often evokes feelings of piety and saintliness, but many of its composers also crafted songs with texts that are anything but pious. Taking advantage of the new medium of music printing and new humanistic approaches to the chanson, in the 16th century composers from the Low Countries brought their distinctive compositional approach — in which all voice parts move continuously, contain few rests, and are linked by imitation — to bear on such sinful topics as overindulgence in drink and illicit sex. Ensemble Origo performs a selection of these chansons by Clemens, Crecquillon, Gombert, Lupi, Rore, and Willaert alongside motets in honor of All Saints, Saint Cecilia, and the Virgin Mary. Poignant works expressing regret or asking for forgiveness are also on the program, which concludes with the stunning eight-voice setting of Pater, peccavi, attributed to Clemens non papa and Thomas Crecquillon. Pre-concert talk at 7:30pm.
4pm - Trinity College Chapel, Hartford, CT
$20 general/$10 students/low income. FREE for Trinity and UConn students with ID.
http://www.ensembleorigo.org/
Sunday, February 5
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Dupré: Selections from Vêpres du Commun des Fêtes de la Sainte Vierge, Op. 18
Tallis: Nunc Dimittis, Latin Service
Mundy: Kyrie "Cuncitpotens genitor"
Sheppard: Western Wind Mass
Lobo: Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui
Lobo: Ave regina caelorum
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Dupré: Selections from Vêpres du Commun des Fêtes de la Sainte Vierge, Op. 18
Tallis: Nunc Dimittis, Latin Service
Mundy: Kyrie "Cuncitpotens genitor"
Sheppard: Western Wind Mass
Lobo: Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui
Lobo: Ave regina caelorum
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Tuesday, February 7
King's Chapel Tuesday Recitals
Bradley Burgess plays the C.B. Fisk Organ. Works by Bach & others. Concerts last about 35 minutes
12:15 pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street in downtown Boston
Suggested donation $3
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Bradley Burgess plays the C.B. Fisk Organ. Works by Bach & others. Concerts last about 35 minutes
12:15 pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street in downtown Boston
Suggested donation $3
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Friday, February 10
Epitaph: The Venetian Lament and its English Imitators
Gallicantus and Yale Voxtet with Nigel North, lute
7:30pm - Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven CT
FREE
http://ism.yale.edu/event/yale-voxtet-gabriel-crouch-gallicantus
Gallicantus and Yale Voxtet with Nigel North, lute
7:30pm - Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven CT
FREE
http://ism.yale.edu/event/yale-voxtet-gabriel-crouch-gallicantus
In the Service of Her Majesty: Music from the World of Anthony Holborne
El Dorado Ensemble: Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Paul Johnson, Mai-Lan Broekman & Alice Mroszczyk, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute, bandora & cittern
Music by Holborne, Byrd, Morley, Collard, Ferrabosco I & John Johnson - come hear fantasies, ballad tunes, pavans, galliards, almains & jigs on viols and some seldom-heard plucked instruments!
8pm - Lindsay Chapel, First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), Cambridge MA
$25/$20
www.duomaresienne.com or 617-776-0692
El Dorado Ensemble: Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Paul Johnson, Mai-Lan Broekman & Alice Mroszczyk, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute, bandora & cittern
Music by Holborne, Byrd, Morley, Collard, Ferrabosco I & John Johnson - come hear fantasies, ballad tunes, pavans, galliards, almains & jigs on viols and some seldom-heard plucked instruments!
8pm - Lindsay Chapel, First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), Cambridge MA
$25/$20
www.duomaresienne.com or 617-776-0692
Saturday, February 11
Biblical Proportions: The Biblical Sonatas of Johann Kuhnau
Newton Baroque - Andrus Madsen, Harpsichord
Among the best-known works of Johann Kuhnau, (1660-1722) were the Biblical Sonatas published in 1700. The 6 sonatas are richly expressive, and programmatic, each of them depicting a different scene from the Old Testament, including such events as the battle between David and Goliath, Jacob’s death and burial, and Saul’s melancholy cured by David’s harp. While the works are well known to academics, they are seldom heard in public performance. Don’t miss this exciting performance of the complete Biblical sonatas, with Andrus Madsen performing on the harpsichord!
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton, MA
$25 General, $20 Students and Seniors, under 18 free
http://www.newtonbaroque.org/
Newton Baroque - Andrus Madsen, Harpsichord
Among the best-known works of Johann Kuhnau, (1660-1722) were the Biblical Sonatas published in 1700. The 6 sonatas are richly expressive, and programmatic, each of them depicting a different scene from the Old Testament, including such events as the battle between David and Goliath, Jacob’s death and burial, and Saul’s melancholy cured by David’s harp. While the works are well known to academics, they are seldom heard in public performance. Don’t miss this exciting performance of the complete Biblical sonatas, with Andrus Madsen performing on the harpsichord!
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton, MA
$25 General, $20 Students and Seniors, under 18 free
http://www.newtonbaroque.org/
Sunday, February 12
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Brahms: Mein Jesu, der du mich from 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122
Victoria: Missa "O quam gloriosum"
Palestrina: Benedictus es Domine
Tallis: Blessed are those that be undefiled in the way
Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WoO 10
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Brahms: Mein Jesu, der du mich from 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122
Victoria: Missa "O quam gloriosum"
Palestrina: Benedictus es Domine
Tallis: Blessed are those that be undefiled in the way
Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WoO 10
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
In the Service of Her Majesty: Music from the World of Anthony Holborne
El Dorado Ensemble: Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Paul Johnson, Mai-Lan Broekman & Alice Mroszczyk, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute, bandora & cittern
Music by Holborne, Byrd, Morley, Collard, Ferrabosco I & John Johnson - come hear fantasies, ballad tunes, pavans, galliards, almains & jigs on viols and some seldom-heard plucked instruments!
3pm - Somerville Museum
One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
El Dorado Ensemble: Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Paul Johnson, Mai-Lan Broekman & Alice Mroszczyk, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute, bandora & cittern
Music by Holborne, Byrd, Morley, Collard, Ferrabosco I & John Johnson - come hear fantasies, ballad tunes, pavans, galliards, almains & jigs on viols and some seldom-heard plucked instruments!
3pm - Somerville Museum
One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
Tuesday, February 14
King's Chapel Tuesday Recitals
Cassandra Extavour, soprano; Jessica Petrus, soprano; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo
Works by Couperin, Monteverdi, Purcell. Concerts last about 35 minutes
12:15 pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street in downtown Boston
Suggested donation $3
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Cassandra Extavour, soprano; Jessica Petrus, soprano; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo
Works by Couperin, Monteverdi, Purcell. Concerts last about 35 minutes
12:15 pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street in downtown Boston
Suggested donation $3
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Aston Magna House Concerts
My Funny Valentine: favorites from the American Songbook
Nancy Armstrong and Robert Honeysucker, vocalists; Daniel Stepner and Laura Jeppesen, electric violin and gamba.
7 PM, wine and hors d'oeuvres; 7:45 MUSIC
7pm - 941 Centre Street, Newton MA 02459
$60 per person, per concert -- LIMITED SEATING!
PLEASE RESERVE IN ADVANCE: 617-969-3191 or stepner@brandeis.edu
My Funny Valentine: favorites from the American Songbook
Nancy Armstrong and Robert Honeysucker, vocalists; Daniel Stepner and Laura Jeppesen, electric violin and gamba.
7 PM, wine and hors d'oeuvres; 7:45 MUSIC
7pm - 941 Centre Street, Newton MA 02459
$60 per person, per concert -- LIMITED SEATING!
PLEASE RESERVE IN ADVANCE: 617-969-3191 or stepner@brandeis.edu
Friday, February 17
Missa Caput (Ockeghem@600, Concert 5)
Blue Heron: Martin Near & Laura Pudwell, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Mark Sprinkle, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bassus
The fifth installment of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem, featuring one of the composer’s earliest masses, inspired by an anonymous English mass on the same plainchant melody, but utterly transformed by the Flemish genius. The program will include a movement from the English Missa Caput and other music by mid 15th-century English composers such as Robert Morton and Walter Frye.
8pm - First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA 02421
$10-$65
www.blueheron.org
Blue Heron: Martin Near & Laura Pudwell, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Mark Sprinkle, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bassus
The fifth installment of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem, featuring one of the composer’s earliest masses, inspired by an anonymous English mass on the same plainchant melody, but utterly transformed by the Flemish genius. The program will include a movement from the English Missa Caput and other music by mid 15th-century English composers such as Robert Morton and Walter Frye.
8pm - First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA 02421
$10-$65
www.blueheron.org
Saturday, February 18
Missa Caput (Ockeghem@600, Concert 5)
Blue Heron: Martin Near & Laura Pudwell, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Mark Sprinkle, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bassus
The fifth installment of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem, featuring one of the composer’s earliest masses, inspired by an anonymous English mass on the same plainchant melody, but utterly transformed by the Flemish genius. The program will include a movement from the English Missa Caput and other music by mid 15th-century English composers such as Robert Morton and Walter Frye. Free pre-concert talk by Sean Gallagher (NEC) at 7:15.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138
$10-$65
www.blueheron.org
Blue Heron: Martin Near & Laura Pudwell, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Mark Sprinkle, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bassus
The fifth installment of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem, featuring one of the composer’s earliest masses, inspired by an anonymous English mass on the same plainchant melody, but utterly transformed by the Flemish genius. The program will include a movement from the English Missa Caput and other music by mid 15th-century English composers such as Robert Morton and Walter Frye. Free pre-concert talk by Sean Gallagher (NEC) at 7:15.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138
$10-$65
www.blueheron.org
Saturday, February 19
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Bach: Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654
Clemens non Papa: Missa "Misericorde"
Harris: Love of Love and Light of Light
Harris: Behold, the tabernacle of God
Bach: Allegro from Trio Sonata VI in in G major, BWV 530
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Bach: Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654
Clemens non Papa: Missa "Misericorde"
Harris: Love of Love and Light of Light
Harris: Behold, the tabernacle of God
Bach: Allegro from Trio Sonata VI in in G major, BWV 530
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Missa Caput (Ockeghem@600, Concert 5)
Blue Heron: Martin Near & Laura Pudwell, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Mark Sprinkle, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bassus
The fifth installment of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem, featuring one of the composer’s earliest masses, inspired by an anonymous English mass on the same plainchant melody, but utterly transformed by the Flemish genius. The program will include a movement from the English Missa Caput and other music by mid 15th-century English composers such as Robert Morton and Walter Frye. Presented by Candlelight Concert Series at Old Ship Church.
4pm - Old Ship Church, 107 Main Street, Hingham, MA 02043
FREE! (donations welcome)
http://www.oldshipchurch.org/candlelight-concerts.html, or candlelightconcertsoldship@gmail.com
Blue Heron: Martin Near & Laura Pudwell, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Mark Sprinkle, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bassus
The fifth installment of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem, featuring one of the composer’s earliest masses, inspired by an anonymous English mass on the same plainchant melody, but utterly transformed by the Flemish genius. The program will include a movement from the English Missa Caput and other music by mid 15th-century English composers such as Robert Morton and Walter Frye. Presented by Candlelight Concert Series at Old Ship Church.
4pm - Old Ship Church, 107 Main Street, Hingham, MA 02043
FREE! (donations welcome)
http://www.oldshipchurch.org/candlelight-concerts.html, or candlelightconcertsoldship@gmail.com
Tuesday, February 21
King's Chapel Tuesday Recitals
Robert Simonds, violin
Works by Bach & others. Concerts last about 35 minutes
12:15 pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street in downtown Boston
Suggested donation $3
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Robert Simonds, violin
Works by Bach & others. Concerts last about 35 minutes
12:15 pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street in downtown Boston
Suggested donation $3
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Friday, February 24
Bach's B Minor Mass
Cantata Singers
Cantata Singers returns to a piece that continues to be a touchstone for the organization: Bach’s great Mass in B minor. There are two chances to hear Bach’s most profound and enduring choral masterpieces of all time, the first in NEC's Jordan Hall, and the second in Cary Hall in Lexington. Soloists include soprano Karyl Ryczek, altos Kimberly Leeds, Lynn Torgove, and Jennifer Webb, tenor Eric Christopher Perry, and basses Mark Andrew Cleveland and Dana Whiteside.
New England Conservatory musicologist Ellen Exner will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 7pm. Following the performances, all are welcome at a free post-concert receptions.
Tickets: $25-69
Discounts for students, seniors, and groups
8pm - Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
$25-69
www.cantatasingers.org
Cantata Singers
Cantata Singers returns to a piece that continues to be a touchstone for the organization: Bach’s great Mass in B minor. There are two chances to hear Bach’s most profound and enduring choral masterpieces of all time, the first in NEC's Jordan Hall, and the second in Cary Hall in Lexington. Soloists include soprano Karyl Ryczek, altos Kimberly Leeds, Lynn Torgove, and Jennifer Webb, tenor Eric Christopher Perry, and basses Mark Andrew Cleveland and Dana Whiteside.
New England Conservatory musicologist Ellen Exner will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 7pm. Following the performances, all are welcome at a free post-concert receptions.
Tickets: $25-69
Discounts for students, seniors, and groups
8pm - Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
$25-69
www.cantatasingers.org
With the Voice of Melody: Music of Byrd, Gibbons, Victoria, Tallis, and more
Stile Antico
Stile Antico is firmly established as one of the world’s most accomplished and innovative vocal ensembles. These superb young singers return to the BEMF concert stage with an enticingly varied program drawn from their own personal favorites. Each member of this self-directed ensemble has selected a beloved gem of Renaissance polyphony, including the ever-popular O clap your hands by Gibbons, Byrd’s stirring Vigilate, and masterpieces by Victoria, Tallis, Morales, and many others. You won’t want to miss this incredible journey through some of the most outstanding vocal music of the Renaissance. Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm
8pm - St. Paul Church, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
$20-$70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/16-17/stileantico.htm
Stile Antico
Stile Antico is firmly established as one of the world’s most accomplished and innovative vocal ensembles. These superb young singers return to the BEMF concert stage with an enticingly varied program drawn from their own personal favorites. Each member of this self-directed ensemble has selected a beloved gem of Renaissance polyphony, including the ever-popular O clap your hands by Gibbons, Byrd’s stirring Vigilate, and masterpieces by Victoria, Tallis, Morales, and many others. You won’t want to miss this incredible journey through some of the most outstanding vocal music of the Renaissance. Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm
8pm - St. Paul Church, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
$20-$70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/16-17/stileantico.htm
Sunday, February 26
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Locklair: Selections from Rubrics (A Liturgical Suite for Organ)
Stevens: Mass for Double Choir
Hallock: The Lord is my light
Victoria: Resplenduit facies ejus
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Locklair: Selections from Rubrics (A Liturgical Suite for Organ)
Stevens: Mass for Double Choir
Hallock: The Lord is my light
Victoria: Resplenduit facies ejus
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Bach's B Minor Mass
Cantata Singers
Cantata Singers returns to a piece that continues to be a touchstone for the organization: Bach’s great Mass in B minor. There are two chances to hear Bach’s most profound and enduring choral masterpieces of all time, the first in NEC's Jordan Hall, and the second in Cary Hall in Lexington. Soloists include soprano Karyl Ryczek, altos Kimberly Leeds, Lynn Torgove, and Jennifer Webb, tenor Eric Christopher Perry, and basses Mark Andrew Cleveland and Dana Whiteside. New England Conservatory musicologist Ellen Exner will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 2pm. Following the performances, all are welcome at a free post-concert receptions.
Tickets: $25-69
Discounts for students, seniors, and groups
3pm - Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420
$25-69
www.cantatasingers.org
Cantata Singers
Cantata Singers returns to a piece that continues to be a touchstone for the organization: Bach’s great Mass in B minor. There are two chances to hear Bach’s most profound and enduring choral masterpieces of all time, the first in NEC's Jordan Hall, and the second in Cary Hall in Lexington. Soloists include soprano Karyl Ryczek, altos Kimberly Leeds, Lynn Torgove, and Jennifer Webb, tenor Eric Christopher Perry, and basses Mark Andrew Cleveland and Dana Whiteside. New England Conservatory musicologist Ellen Exner will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 2pm. Following the performances, all are welcome at a free post-concert receptions.
Tickets: $25-69
Discounts for students, seniors, and groups
3pm - Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420
$25-69
www.cantatasingers.org
Kings' Chapel Sunday Concerts: Handel and Haydn Society
Susanna Ogata, violin; Ian Watson, fortepiano
Program to include: Beethoven Violin Sonatas 1, 2, 3
5pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St. Boston, MA. MBTA: Park or Gov't Ctr. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for all concerts.
Suggested donation at the door $20 (general), $15 (students/seniors). Advance tickets online $15 (general), $10 (students/seniors) Validated discount parking is available at One Beacon Garage, across the street from King's Chapel.
http://www.kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html
Susanna Ogata, violin; Ian Watson, fortepiano
Program to include: Beethoven Violin Sonatas 1, 2, 3
5pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St. Boston, MA. MBTA: Park or Gov't Ctr. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for all concerts.
Suggested donation at the door $20 (general), $15 (students/seniors). Advance tickets online $15 (general), $10 (students/seniors) Validated discount parking is available at One Beacon Garage, across the street from King's Chapel.
http://www.kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html
Tuesday, February 28
King's Chapel Tuesday Recitals
Emily Bieber, soprano; Denise Konicek, soprano; Heinrich Christensen, organ
Duets by Giacomo Carissimi. Concerts last about 35 minutes
12:15 pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street in downtown Boston
Suggested donation $3
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Emily Bieber, soprano; Denise Konicek, soprano; Heinrich Christensen, organ
Duets by Giacomo Carissimi. Concerts last about 35 minutes
12:15 pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street in downtown Boston
Suggested donation $3
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html